The National tribune., 1887-05-12
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ITO CorrespondenLs.-Write questions on a sep
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accompanied with full name and address OF writer.
Our readers are requested to inclOse q stamp for
reply to their inquiries. Postal cards will be
replied 10 by mail only. Replies by mail will ordi
naTily be made within n week, and if in this col
umn within three weeksl
A. B., PiHsb,Tg, Pave are authorized by the
Ordnance Bureau to state that more condemned
musSets can be furnished at ST. and the price there
G. r. o. Maryland ~ VI I enlisted in August
1862, and was discharged for disability in April
1865. Am entitled to 500 bounty? 2 Have lost
discharge; to whom should apply for another?
AnSlUer. 1. You not entitled to any bounty IL
you were discharged for disease 2. For duplicaa
discharge, apply TO the Adjutant General, U. 5. A.,
this city.
B. e., He,Oius, Kan.-A soldier max es application
for pension in 1870 on gunshot wound The Ex-
amining Surgeon reports disability existing
Ten years afterward the claimant renews his ap-
piicatIOn. III pension Is granted will he getarrear
age from date OF discharge? Ansa0er. Probably
not for the reason that it shown at the date he
was examined that there no disability; conse-
quently pension, allowed, would date from some
subsequent date. Pension can be paid only for the
period during which an actual disability existed.
In the case mentioned the Pension Office might
override the report of the Examining Surgeon; in
that event he would be pensoned back TO dis
charge.
A. O., YortOood " Y-I am a widow and q PEN
sioner. II should die within few weeks of the
time my pension Is due. could it be collected by my
daughter? AnstCeT. Yes, il she is under 10 years Of
age at the date of your death.
J. b.. Soldiers Home, Jhch.-If should die be-
fore the 4th of June, would my wife draw my pen
sion until that datef AIstcer. No; she could re-
ceive only the pension which would be due up to
the date of your death.
Sc w. SotsLbington Conn.-If your resignation
was based upon disability contracted in line of duty
in the service, you are entitled to travel
pay; but your resignation was based upon private
REASONS DtherWIse then mr. nDi mt flan
#. L.. Dayton, NeU.-l. A soldier draws a pension
Of 50 per month can he draw pension on new dis
ability originating from the old one? 2. In case of
a soldiers death, can his father draw pension
providing he was dependent upon his son for sup
port? AHsWer. 1. Yes, if he can prove the claim,
and there IL an additional disability therefrom. 2.
Probably yes If he prove his claim; but to emit
tie him he would have TO prove that the soldier died
from disability which originated in line Of duty
in the service and that he left no widow minor
child, and that the mother of the soldier is dead.
T. M w., Seiignlan, Mo.-If you abandon or re-
linquish your entry, unless such entry is for some
reason Illegal, you exhaust your rights under the
law.
re. IT,, She5Oy0an Falls. Wis-why cannot a
pensiOner now drawing $50 per month for paralysis
of both legs equivalent To loss of same bencreased
under act of Aug. 4, 1856? AnSVer. He can. III
there Is total disability in both legs he be in
creased to $50.
j. r. Niagara Ont-You are not entitled to any
bounty. for the that bounty not paid for
enlistments in the Navy prior to July, 1854. You
may be entitled to prize money. If you think you
are. you should write TO the Fourth Auditor of the
Treasury. giving name, vessel etc. and he will In
form you whether there 10 any prize money com
r. b., Grenada Miss-It Is unlawful for any at
torney to receive any fee from a claimant in a
bounty claim. All such fees paid by the Gov
eminent out of the allowed bounty, and are
10 per cent the first SEQ collected and five per
cent. on amounts over that sum. You should notify
the Second Auditor of the Treasury of the fact that
attorneys are charging claimants for such service
The fee in such eases Is not paid by the claimant
direct and II Is unlawful for any attorney to exact
fee in that manner. All fees in bounty claims
regulated by law, and they cannot be increased.
y. y, Elm, Pd.-You can apply for pension on the
disability named (diarrhea at any time and if your
rheumatism stu affects you, you can apply for res
toratiOn upon that disease.
ID. H. E., Chandler, Aich.-Was appointed Second
Lieutenant, to rank such from Sept. 1. 1864 but
was not mustered "a such until March 25 1865, and
did not perform duties of that rank until that time
as there were not n sufficient number of men, Does
the amendment to the act of June 5, 1884, benefit
me? AaSs0er. No; because you did not perform
the duties, and because Of the nsuficiency Of men
in the company.
B.A IT,, Brooklyn. ~ Y-Are the children of sol
diers of the war OF lSl2 entitled to pension?
AnsGer. No.
! E. C. w., Huron, Dak-win dependents mother
draw arrears OF pension, her son never having
| ponds upon when the mother filed her claim; if
after June 50. 1880. If prior to that date she
can draw from date OF soldiers's death, IL claim is
/ allowed
NIB, Logansport Ind. A man deserted from
\ one regiment, afterwards re-enlisted in another
/ ably discharged. Having incurred disease, would
he be entitled to pension, and could charge of de-
/ serton be removed? 2. After his return from the
army he married. and assumed his original name
\ his widow wishes to apply for pension, would the
facts above cited deber her? AnsVer. 1. No. unless
/ he enlisted the second time within three months
| from date of desertion from first service; other
/ wise his second enlistment would be held as fraud
ulent. 2. The fact that he served under assumed
name would not interfere with his pension claim in
/ any way, but charge of desertiou might.
" j., Concord, MIMI. The rate of second
grade pension depends upon the nature of the dis
\ ability; 10 may be S2f or $50. 2 If the Commits
sioner of Pensions has decided the case adversely
and his decision has been affirmed on appeal, there
Is no way to reopen the case because that is final
| disposition of the matter. Reports of Boards of
| Examining Surgeons do not always govern; they
are subject to revision by the Commissioner.
ID. L, r., Cha1nberSbur0, Pa.-What are " Orders
/ of April 3, 1851 and Oct. Z. 1885? AnS0er They
were not " orders" they were rulings. The first
i increased rates for Deafness loss of eve and for
hernia and certain other disabilities. The ruling
of Oct T. 1855 increased certain rates for deafness
\ and for loss of little finger and thumb
g. ", Shelby, " Y-The matter of your res
toratlon and the rate depends entirely upon the
/ Commissioner of Pensions. The Board has moth
| ing to do with il. They will report rs to your
present disability, leaving for the Commissioner
of Pensions decide whether you shall be restored
i You may be restored at the rates you were draw
/ ing when dropped, or you may receive higher or
| lower rate, depending upon your physical cOndi-
/ ton as shown by the evidence and the reports of
\ Examining Surgeons Captains pension for loss
/ of one eye would be $40 per month; ColOnePs, for
same disability, SO We cannot inform you the
names of the Supreme Judges of the State of New
York. Write TO the Attorney General of your
/ State at Albany.
FL r., Vest tipping, " HI. The famous charge
/ of the Six Hundred Light Brigade was made at Ba-
laklava, in the Crmea. In October. 1854 There were
673 men in the charge, of whom 27 were killed and
wounded. 2. The pension roll proper each year is
only about one half the amount paid for interest
the public debt, but there has been such an aceu-
mutation Of claims that every year the Government
/ is paying great many millions dollars for arrears,
which II should have paid years ago, and this swels
the size Of the pension roll up to several millions
in excess of the interest account That is the PEN
sion roll proper Is less than coo 600 while the
entire expenditures for pensions was last year $685.
l0l S64 The interest on the public debt last year
was $50 $1,000. g. The picture the g silver GER
/ titcate is of Gen. Hancock. A. The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE this week has i26,7i0 actual subscribers,
which is the largest subscription list of any paper
in the United States except the great story papers,
5. l. F. Mack Is editor of the Register Sandusky
o. 8. Letters addressed to Mrs. u =. Grant. New
| York city, and TO Mrs. James A. Garfield, Cleve-
| land, o., will reach them.
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